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Migrate data from an existing Cassandra cluster to Astra DB using a Spark application.
- Leverage Spark to migrate data from a Cassandra cluster to Cassandra on Astra DB.
We're using Spark to migrate data from a Cassandra cluster to Cassandra on Astra DB.
To build and play with this app, follow the build instructions that are located here: https://github.com/DataStax-Examples/astra-spark-migration
Follow the instructions below to get started.
Let's do some initial setup by creating a serverless(!) database.
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Create a DataStax Astra account if you don't already have one:
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Define a database name, keyspace name and select a database region, then click create database.
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Your Astra DB will be ready when the status will change from
Pending
toActive
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After your database is provisioned, we need to generate an Application Token for our App. Go to the
Settings
tab in the database home screen. -
Select
Admin User
for the role for this Sample App and then generate the token. Download the CSV so that we can use the credentials we need later. -
After you have your Application Token, head to the database connect screen and select the driver connection that we need. Go ahead and download the
Secure Bundle
for the driver. -
Make note of where to use the
Client Id
andClient Secret
that is part of the Application Token that we generated earlier.
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Click
Use this template
at the top of the GitHub Repository: -
Enter a repository name and click 'Create repository from template':